iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) Stock Sees Unusually High Put Option Buying

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) saw some unusual options trading activity on Thursday. Investors purchased 16,519 put options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 1,359% compared to the average daily volume of 1,132 put options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5.9% in the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 2,183,616 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $205,107,000 after purchasing an additional 122,317 shares in the last quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors lifted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,156,276 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $202,539,000 after purchasing an additional 78,441 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,745,556 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $163,960,000 after purchasing an additional 81,618 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. boosted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 17.2% in the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 1,517,978 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $146,151,000 after buying an additional 222,344 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Venturi Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 3,177.6% in the first quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 431,469 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,528,000 after buying an additional 418,305 shares in the last quarter. 91.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:EMB traded down $0.23 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $90.56. 5,260,350 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,182,117. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $93.75 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $94.90. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $89.69 and a 12 month high of $97.80.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were given a $0.4436 dividend. This represents a $5.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.9%. This is a positive change from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.4137. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 1st.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries. The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.